The Transformers #17 [Direct] - Vf+ 8.5

KC: 1st appearance of Blaster, Powerglide, Cosmos, Seaspray, Warpath, Beachcomber, Preceptor, Straxus, Kickback, Bombshell, Shrapnel, Dirge and Ramjet

Back on Cybertron, the home planet of the Transformers, the war between the Decepticons and Autobots continues. Scrounge, an Autobot, discovers important and revealing news but is kidnapped before he can relay the news to his Autobot comrades. So Blaster and the other Autobots resolve to find and rescue Scrounge in "Return to Cybertron – Part 1 – The Smelting Pool."

Script by Bob Budiansky and art by Don Perlin & Keith Williams. Cover by Herb Trimpe. Cover price $0.75.